Curtain-pole.



YPATEINTED DEG. 5,1905.

J. AMENDT.

I v CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED 001311, 1904.

ing drawings.

' UNITED STATES PAT NT foFFIoE.

JOSEPH AMENDT, OF BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

OURTAlN-PCLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed (ictober 11, 19 O4=. Serial No. 227,999-

To' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH AMENDT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Blairsville, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented.certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Poles, of which thefollowing is a specification,

reference being had therein to the accompany- This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in curtain-poles, and has for its object to dispense with curtain rings, hooks, and the like which have heretofore been commonly used for attaching one or more curtains to a pole.

Another object of this invention is to provide novel means whereby one or more cur-' tains may be easily and quickly attached to a curtain-pole, whereby the curtains may be re moved when desired and may be draped to conform to any desired configuration.

Briefly described, my improved curtainpole is preferably constructed of wood and is similar in all respects to the curtain-poles commonly used, with the exception that longitudinally of its length it is provided witha groove, and in this groove is adapted to fit a rod which carries upon each of its ends a metallic disk or plate having a central aperture formed therein. The curtain is adapted to be placed in the groove and held therein by the rod, which is held within said groove by screws engaging in the ends of the curtainpole.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate correspondploy a pole 1 of the ordinary type, which is ing parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved curtain-pole. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the detachable 'member of my improved pole, and Fig. 4; is a perspective View of the pole proper.

To put my invention into practice,yI emcommonly constructed of wood, and longitudinally of the length of said pole I form a groove 2. The ends of the pole are provided with apertures 3 3, in which'the'screws 4 4, carrying ornamentations 5 5, are secured. In conjunction with the pole just described I employ a detachable. member which consists of arod 6, this rod being of such'a'size as to fit within the groove 2 in the curtain'pole, and upon each end of the rod I secure the metallic disks or plates 7, these disks being arranged tangentially to the rod 6, and centrally of each disk is formed an aperture 8.

The reference-numerals 9 9 designate curtains which are adapted to be secured in the curtain-pole, and the upper edges of the curtains are adapted to be placed in the groove 2 and the rod 6 placed therein' to impinge the curtains against the curtain-pole, and prior to securing the screws 4 4 in the ends of the pole the disks or plates 7 are engaged with the end of the pole, and the screws pass through the apertures 8 of the disks into the apertures3 of the pole. Any desired ornamentation may be carried by the screws 4, whereby the general appearance of the curtain-pole will be enhanced, and it will be observed by the fastening means within the pole that saidcurtains may be arranged or draped to conform to any desired configuration.

While I have herein shown the preferred manner of constructing my improved curtainpole, it will be noted that various changes may be made in the detailsof construction said groove to retain said curtain therein, platescarried by said rod, and ornamentations carrying screws, said screws-passing through said plates and into the pole for securing said plates to the ends of said pole.

' '3. A curtain-pole comprising a body portion having a groove formed longitudinally gitudinally therein, a rod adapted to fit within IOO therein, the ends of said pole having open- In testimony whereoflalfix my signature in ings formed therein, a rod, integral plates the presence of two Witnesses. carried by said rod, said plates extending over the ends of the pole and having openings JOSEPH AMENDT' 5 formed therein, and screws passing through Witnesses:

said plates for securing said rod and said plates HUBERT AMENDT,

to said curtain-pole. I JOSEPH J. ELBERT. 

